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[Hubert]

Hi!

 

My name is Hubert. I 13 years old and I from Poland.

I will to journalise my ant.

I also  to journalise on Poland forum - http://www.antmania....=10103&start=15

 

About next entry I to put foto.

[Hubert]

Hi

 

There are my ants  

and gypsum formicarium ''two in one'' to be will live Lasius niger.

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Edited by Hubert, December 27 2015 - 10:20 AM.

[dermy]

That's a nice sized looking colony! I like Lasius species, since the queens are so much bigger then the workers!

 

 

Good luck with them

[Hubert]

Yesterday queen Tetramorium caespitum died 

 

Lasius niger 

Messor barbarus 

 

My channel https://www.youtube....24Yd_7hQ/videos

Edited by Hubert, January 5 2016 - 10:46 AM.

[Gregory2455]

Very nice! Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your Tetramorium queen.

[Hubert]

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Edited by Hubert, January 7 2016 - 8:54 AM.

[Hubert]

Lasius niger and Lasius flavus in one nest.

 

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[antmaniac]

Messor barbarus looks so similar to Pheidole.

[Hubert]

Lasius niger 70 - 75 workers 

 

 

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[Hubert]

Lasius niger

 

 

Messor barbarus

 

 

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[Hubert]

Messor barbarus 30-40 workers

[Hubert]

Today movie from lasius fuliginosus. I found the Queen and I adopted for workers l. niger. Within a week I'll make a post with all the colonies moved to new nests. Messor is already ok. 100 workers, niger 200-300.

[Hubert]

Messor in new nest. There is more than 100 workers.

 

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Edited by Hubert, June 26 2016 - 9:05 AM.

[Alexant]

How did you get your Lasius niger workers to Accept the new Queen?

[Foogoo]

What do you feed your M. barbarus?

[Hubert]

Alexant- Worker Lasius niger and cocoons for adoption of the Queen of lasius fuliginosus I collected from wild nests. Workers with the Queen, I put in the refrigerator.  Workers accepted the Queen.

 

Foogoo- Messor barbarus feed seeds flax, poppy, sunflower and pumpkin.  They get also flies.

[Hubert]

New video of colony Messor.

[Hubert]

At the moment I have the following colonies

 

Lasius niger colony

http://www.fotosik.p...98e42ff9dd997aa

Messor barbarus colony

http://www.fotosik.p...e3f15c6f381e74e

http://www.fotosik.p...39d8bd6ec67f919

http://www.fotosik.p...acd1c6616aada9d

Pheidole pallidula queen

http://www.fotosik.p...aaccd48fd49eac7

http://www.fotosik.p...8b93e1ac5a2c98e

Tetramorium caespitum queen

http://www.fotosik.p...ef8c14f367f72d6

http://www.fotosik.p...95c99f7e9f88fb0

Tetramorium caespitum colony

http://www.fotosik.p...2e8e4119ed5c196

http://www.fotosik.p...8a7b9f3e6159e3f

Lasius cf. niger queen

http://www.fotosik.p...35a88b3f1b89c44

Formica cunicularia queen

http://www.fotosik.p...c0df3b14f0ebcfc

 

[benjiwuf]

I would definitely like to hear more about Messor barbarus as i have a small colony on the way. I have read they are notorious for eating through ytong so I'm curious how you overcome that. Also how moist/dry do they like their nest?

[Hubert]

Small colonies not eating by ytong. Larger will drill, but this will be done when the colony grows. My Messor at this time not digging in the slot.

¼ part of the socket is moist. Like more reside in parts of the dry than wet.